Central High Promotions Announced At School Ceremony
Promoted to high school from Central Junior High after a program at Central Presbyterian church. The ceremony featured invocation by Rt. Rev. F. Cecil Seaman, musical numbers, eighth grade valedictory Ed Davis Parsons, seventh grade valedictory Marion Wade, and a presentation of class gifts. A long list of students named for high school promotions followed, including Mary Elizabeth Adams and many others.
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Central
Central Presbyterian Church
F. Cecil Seaman
Ed Davis Parsons
Marion Wade
Mary Elizabeth Adams
Kenneth Barton
C. M. Rogers
D. Roach
Bishop Seaman
Martha, Anderson
Bernice Arnold
Pearl Atchison
John Archer
Ned Amey
William Arnold
A. J. Armstrong
Annie Marie Barton
Emma Jean Beard
Lucille Beeman
Norene Blackburn
Fay Brown
Edith Burnam
Clyde Ballard
Charles Bates
Neil Bauer
Lee Biggs
Ernest Black
Henry George Blasdel
Bernard Brand
Louise Bryan
June Cartwright
Ruth Cogswell
Mary Alice Copp
Elizabeth Crawford
Maurice Cannon
Lawrence Casey
Tommy Clapton
C. D. Coffee
Jackson Cook
Arley Cooper
John Currie
Everil Curtis
Sara Beth Davis
Ludine Duke
Dorothy Mae Dunn
Harold Dale
J. B. Dotson
William Durham
Mildred Ecker
Velma Ecker
Mary Exum
Alfred Eisenberg
Billie Ellison
Murry Elson
Ruth Herring
Mary Lou Floyd
Margaret Fowler
Bertha Fredall
Eugene Fennimore
Lawrence Ferree
Jack Fife
Hugh Fincher
Donald Fish
Leigh Fischer
Arno Ford
Audavee Gaston
Joyce Gamblin
Mary Gast
Twillie Mae Gibson
Johnnie Louise Gilkerson
Elizabeth Glenn
Ora Pearl Goodwin
Faye Gorman
Opal Hagee
Viola Ruth Hawkins
Fannie Mae Haynie
Jeanette Held
Ramona Higgins
Wilma Hixon
Ora Lee Horne
Olin Hardy
Ernest Hurlock
Kathleen Jameson
Ada Bess Johnson
Pauline Johnson
Francis Jones
David Jackson
Yulan Johnson
Billie Johnson
Bobby Jones
Evelyn Kennedy
Helen Kenyon
Fritsie Kyser
Henry Kohler
Fred Kouba
Mariana Langford
Betty Ludden
Jennie Lupher
Eugene LeNevue
Perry Lou
Varnell Stinson
Ben Stone
Earl Thompson
Leland Twaddell
Doris Tidwell
Lil Timmon
John Vandale
Frederick Vaughn
Eleanor Wakefield
Ida Mae Walker
Lucille Weatherford
Martha White
Clelia Wilkinson
Jane Williams
Bethine Williams
Lavonia Willis
Katherine Woods
Josephine Woodlief
Jim Weymouth
Frank Wheeler
Irving White
Horace Wilson
Frank Wilson
Oral Wineinger
Malcolm Wyatt
Memorial Day Program Noted as Finest Yet
Memorial ation honors veterans with a program at the Auditorium featuring Bishop E C Seaman as principal speaker and Rev Clark Buckner giving invocation. Businesses close at 5 pm, 5 15 pm start by Dave Derden band, Star Spangled Banner, wreath by Lloyd L Sloan and Ralph Formby, firing squad, taps, and graveside flowers. Radio program on KGRS lasts 20 minutes with Civil War era songs and a call to aid local soldiers.
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Ation
E. C. Seaman
Episcopal Church
Clark Buckner
First Christian Church
Dave Derden
Lloyd L. Sloan
Ralph Formby
KGRS
Old
Virginia
Notice to Meter Dealers Amarillo Sealed Bids 1929
The City Commission of Amarillo Texas will receive sealed bids at 730 p m Tuesday June 4 for furnishing 14 inch compound water meter to be installed in San born park Plans and specifications are on file in the office of the city engineer A certified check for 5 of the bid amount is required with each bid W N Durham City Manager Amarillo Texas May 29 1929
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Amarillo
Texas
Sanborn Park
Epitaphs, Sermons and Night Flights In The News
A column recalls Dorothy Parker’s proposed tomb inscription Excuse my dust at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral New York broadcasts begin with 11 o clock mass sermons only German high flying records French long distance flight Johns Hopkins gains $30000 from Adolph Lewisohn praising science and Peace debates An article notes clergymen supporting peace while prepared for war and honors those ready to fight
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Saint Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Adolph Lewisohn
Johns Hopkins University
Texas Floods Leave No Fatalities But Flood Threat Persists
Report states the Trinity near Huntsville bridge failure was unconfirmed yet. Livestock drowned while all persons were saved. Hearne refugees crowd vacant buildings as Brazos and Trinity rivers rise. Houston and San Antonio remain largely isolated amid continued heavy rain and rising creeks. May rainfall reaches 9.78 inches in Corsicana area, with rippling flood concerns.
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Trinity
Huntsville
Livingston
Brazos
Hearne
Bryan
Liberty
Dayton
Houston
San Antonio
Corsicana
Toda
Gainesville
Funeral Rites for Parr Held at Central Church
Funeral services for George Parr a longtime Amarillo contractor were held at the Central Presbyterian church at 10 this morning with Rev R Thomson Rev L N Stuckey and Bishop E C Seaman officiating A male chorus and soloist H A Shaw provided music The body lay in state from 9 to time of service Burial followed at Liano Cemetery with Blackburns Mortuary in charge Parr was a prominent civic and building figure in the Panhandle for more than 25 years.
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George Parr
Amarillo
Central Presbyterian Church
R. Thomson
L. N. Stuckey
Polk Street
Parr
Panhandle
Liano
Blackburn
Indianapolis 500 Race Opens Amid Record Crowd
At Indianapolis Speedway on May 30 the 500 mile race started with 33 drivers as Leon Duray led early, Ralph Hepburn and Peter De Paolo retired, and Lou Moore and Louis Meyer vied for the lead at various 50 and 100 mile marks. Meyer ultimately led near finish with Moore close behind.
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Charles W. Dunkley
Associated Press
Speedway
Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Speedway
Duray
Leon Duray
Peter de Paolo
Louis Meyer
Cliff Woodbury
Chicago
Woodbury
Deacon Litz
Lou Moore
Litz
Lou Meyer
Los Angeles
Tony Gulotta
Kansas City
Ralph Hepburn
Hepburn
de Paolo
Babe Stapp
Jimmy Gleason
Hoover Urges Real Arms Reduction Beyond Existing Pacts
President Hoover laments continued arms race despite Kellogg Briand Pact and urges real reduction of naval commitments. He notes US proposal for world program to achieve actual naval strength relativity and questions if the pact is real or doomed to broader buildups.
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Hoover
United States
Memorial Day Program in Washington Highlights Hoover Address
Memorial Day activities in Washington featured President Hoover delivering the Arlington amphitheater address. Early in the day representatives from many societies laid wreaths at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the tomb of Woodrow Wilson. Senator Glenn spoke at the National Cemetery United States Soldiers’ Home. Delegates from the United Spanish War Veterans honored Admiral Dewey, and a wreath by Mrs. Herbert Hoover was laid on the Arlington cross by the American Women’s Legion.
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Washington
National Capital
Hoover
Arlington Amphitheater
Woodrow Wilson
Glenn
National Cemetery
United States Soldiers’ Home
United Spanish War Veterans
Admiral Dewey
Arlington Cemetery
Herbert Hoover
American Women’s Legion
Payroll Club Radio Program Broadcast From KGRS
The first in a series advertising Amarillo was broadcast from station KGRS at 9 p m last night and will be a regular Wednesday night feature. Professional artists including a violinist contralto and bass soloist performed with a dance orchestra. Twenty merchants funded the program which aims to attract large payrolls to Amarillo with short talks about the city. Mayor Ernest Thompson and Lieut Robt H Gray spoke on air, praising the new feature as better entertainment fostered by the club idea.
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Amarillo
KGRS
Ernest ©. Thompson
Robt
H. Gray
Thompson
Scout Council Called For 430 P M In Amarillo
A Boy Scouts of Amarillo meeting was called for this afternoon at 4 30 in the American State Bank by President F M Butler. All members advised to attend to finalize last minute plans for the Scout camp opening Monday. Deacon Litz crashed on the northeast turn but escaped injury. his car was heavily damaged. He had won about $5000 in lap prizes prior to the accident. University of Michigan students donated 2000 dollars for a boys summer camp.
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Council For the Boy Scouts of
Amarillo
American State Bank
F. M. Butler
Deacon Litz
Litz
Purse Lost with $40. Woman Seeks Return
Mrs Belle Dawson reports losing a gray coin purse inside her large purse at J C Penney or Metropolitan Store. She describes $25 in bills, $5 gan deposit, $5 rent, $5 boy’s money, and $5 dining room earnings, with nothing to eat but lard at home. She asks the finder to return the purse.
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J. C. Penny's
Metropolitan
Penney's
Nine Pilots Ready In Big Gardner Race
At Parks Airport East St Louis nine speedier commercial planes left at 10 30 a m in the first Gardner trophy race to Indianapolis and back a 470 mile test. Speed Holman led No 21 in his Laird with a Whirlwind engine followed by eight rivals in one minute intervals with Travelair Cessna Waco and Curtis Robin entries listed by number and city.
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Foster Eaton
United Press
Parks Airport
East ST. Louis
Ill
Indianapolis
Charles W
Fargo
Holman
D. C. Warren
San Francisco
Travelair
Hispano-Suiza
Earl Rowland
Dale Jackson
St. Louis
John P. Wood
Wausau
Wis
Snyder Hall
Huge Fokker airliner inaugurates Texas service
Texas Air Transport now operates lines from Fort Worth and Dallas to El Paso and Brownsville and aims to cover the state. The tri motor Fokker landed at Amarillo Municipal Airport at 5 37 yesterday, marking daily service between Los Angeles and Amarillo. It departed at 10 this morning with Pilots Merritt and Long. About 10 000 Amarilloans greeted the arrival with Judge J C Paul and Fletcher Lusby aboard. The event also showcased the new Municipal port, placed in the hangar after a tight clearance of eight inches for the wings.
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St. Louis
Texas Air Transport
Fort Worth
Dallas
el Paso
Brownsville
Los Angeles
Amarillo
Merritt
Long
Death toll rises to six in Hackensack river bridge disaster
Police increased the death count to six in the Hackensack river bridge caisson collapse. An air cylinder failed, releasing mud that flooded the chamber where workers labored, trapping and killing several men.
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de Associated Press
Jersey
Tiny
N. J
Hackensack River Bridge
Local S B A Agent Wins Three Prizes
Mrs. F. D. Lindsay district manager of Security Benefit Association was notified her agency won three national prizes in April. The agency placed second in insurance written in one group, fourth in another, and seventh in a third group.
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F. D. Lindsay
The
Security Benefit Association
Earth Shocks Hit In South America
Provinces of Mendoza San Luis and Cordoba in Argentina were shaken by earthquakes. Rail and wire communications were interrupted and reports were limited. Co operative fire companies have been formed to protect farm property. In several Oklahoma communities.
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South America
Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Mendoza
San Luis
Cordoba
Oklahoma
Brown University Tie Burning Riots Leave Two Shot
A student demonstration at Brown University in Providence on May 80 led to a clash with police. Two shot, including spectator William Berarducci who lost an eye, and about 20 hurt. eight students arrested. The shooter remained unidentified.
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Providence
R. I
Brown University
William Berarducci
Ace Pendleton Trial Set After Bank Robbery Arraignment
Ace Pendleton pleaded not guilty at arraignment on four charges of robbery and grand larceny for the December holdups of the Merchants and Farmers Bank and Mc Donald Pharmacy in Junction City Arkansas. He was turned over to El Dorado officers by Shreveport authorities and trial is scheduled for Monday.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Ace Pendleton
Pendleton
Shreveport
Merchants and Farmers Bank
McDonald Pharmacy
Woman narrowly escapes death at Palo Duro Canyon
Mrs Jannette Bodine of Houston Texas was picnicking with friends yesterday at Palo Duro canyon. Her foot slipped near the edge as she tried to photograph the falls and she fell toward the brink. A camera she dropped lodged between her and the rock keeping her from plunging over. Rescued by friends and a workman, she suffered only minor bruises.
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Jannette Bodine
Houston
Texas
Highway No 33 Panhandle opening marks first Carson county link
Two miles west of Panhandle the paved highway between Panhandle and Amarillo will open Sunday at 9 00 am marking the first concrete link across Carson county Paving continues to the Gray county line with a million dollar program on No 33 No 66 and No 117 A large crowd is expected with speeches by Judge Callaghan and others and a rain delay only could postpone the ceremony
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Globe
Panhandle
A. A. Callaghan
Carson County
J. K. la Roe
Amarillo
Gray County
Texas
Borger
Callaghan
W. A. French
la Roe
Body recovered of 19 year old at Lake Wichita
The body of George Rockhill, 19, Wichita Falls, was recovered after drowning Monday in Lake Wichita. He was swept from a boat by a wave while fishing and a companion, exhausted, could not reach him.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
George Rockhill
Lake Wichita
Rockhill
Market Reports From Fort Worth New Orleans and Liverpool
Fort Worth markets report top hogs at 10.60 with various classes priced. cattle and sheep figures listed. New Orleans cotton opens uneven with gains in active months on favorable weather. mid-session steady near highs. Liverpool cotton spot prices and futures listed with American receipts and sales figures.
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Fort Worth
Associated Press
New Orleans
Oka
Texas
Liverpool
Arrests Loom in $75,000 Bank Robbery Case at Oklahoma City
Police chief Charles A. Becker said the most important arrests in the bank robbery and shooting of Charles Vowell will come soon, but he would not reveal numbers. Minnie Rays of Hutchinson Kansas posted a $5,000 bond after being arraigned on possession of stolen property charges. Russell Gibson faces extradition efforts as Roy St Lewis seeks his return from Kansas City. Co W Doc Thompson and his foster son R B Thompson remain jailed.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Charles A. Becker
Charles Vowell
Minnie Rays
Hutchinson
Kans
R. B. Thompson
Roy St. Lewis
United States
Russell Gibson
Kansas City
Co. W
Doc” Thompson
Hale resigns himself to life imprisonment in Osage case
Wil liam K. Hale, convicted of complicity in a Osage murder spree that killed more than 12 members of the wealthy tribe, has dropped all appeals and resigned to his sentence of life imprisonment at Leavenworth. Hale’s attorney Fred Tillman said appeals would be dropped and a circuit court appeal was granted a continuance to June 1. Hale gave no reason for his action.
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United Press
Pawhuska
Okla
William K. Hale
Hale
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Henry Roan
Osage
Fred Tillman
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Tillman
Seven Held on Counterfeiting Charges in Shreveport
Seven persons including a woman were detained by police in Shreveport on charges of counterfeiting and passing counterfeit ten dollar bills. The group named by U.S. Attorney Philip H. Mecom includes Herman L. Cochrell of Lufkin Texas. Mrs Zode Richer. Henry Baynard. J. B. Sanders. Newton J. Hooper. Lige Reeves. and J. D. Virgil Hudson, all of Alexandria Louisiana.
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United Press
Shreveport
U. S
Philip H. Mecom
Herman L. Cochrell
Lufkin
Texas
Zode Richer
Henry Baynard
J. 8. Sanders
Newton J. Hooper
Lige Reeves
J. D
Virgil” Hudson
Alexandria
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W. N. Durham
Nelda Jean Fotheringham
East Twelfth Street
Leader Store
Dorothy Parker
Gabriel
John Haynes Holmes
Dr. Holmes
Richmond
Presbyterian Church
Moriceau
Fred Frame
Ray Keech
Meyer
Moore
Payroll Club
Scout Council
University of Michigan
America
Com
W. W. Wiley
Naval Aeronautics
Gordon
Wiley
C. E. Rosendahl
Tack
Mrs. Belle Dawson
N. E. Sth Street
Gardner
T.at.line
Western Air Express
S. B.A
Ford
White House
Henry Ford
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew Mellon
Internal Revenue
William Howard Taft
Supreme Court
Majestic Radio
Panhandle Music Company
Polk
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